The Green Bay Packers are widely viewed as one of the NFL’s elites after starting the 2025 season with back-to-back wins over the Detroit Lions and Washington Commanders. Entering Week 3, many national authors of power rankings see the Packers as a top-3 team in football, with a couple placing Matt LaFleur’s team at the top.
In fact, all seven of the power rankings reviewed here every week has the Packers inside the top 3 — alongside the Philadelphia Eagles and Buffalo Bills among the game’s best.
The Packers led the Lions by 21 points deep into the fourth quarter and won by two touchdowns in the opener and then led the Commanders by 17 deep into the fourth quarter and won by nine points to open Week 2.